The Pentagon is redrawing its military combatant command responsible for defending the U.S. homeland to include Greenland as the Trump administration signals it wants control of the Danish ...

Greenland’s critical minerals reserves and Arctic access could come with U.S. strategic benefits. CFR President Mike Froman ...

The sale never went through, but the U.S. got the military base it wanted on the island. Pituffik Space Base, previously known as Thule Air Base, is located in Greenland.

Realigning Greenland within U.S. Northern Command’s area of responsibility strengthens our ability to protect the U.S. homeland from today’s threats and emerging challenges,” a statement ...

U.S. Northern Command will now oversee American military troops and operations in Greenland, which has long been the responsibility of U.S. European Command, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.

The head of Denmark's Arctic command said the prospect of a U.S. takeover of Greenland was not keeping him up at night after talks with a senior U.S. general last week but that more must be done ...

More mining and drilling exploration could also open up. In 1867, when President Andrew Johnson bought Alaska, he also considered buying Greenland. The U.S. also tried to buy Greenland in 1946.

(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to move Greenland into the U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility in a shakeup that comes as the president looks ...